Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. Phil Collins gets remixed, unexpected covers of The Cure and Bob Dylan and so much more - all part of this week's round-up!
Phil Collins, No Jacket Required (2025 Mix) (Craft/Rhino) (Apple / Amazon)
A nice surprise for fans of Phil: not only have a few bonus tracks exclusive to the new vinyl box set of No Jacket Required made digital stores, but Steven Wilson's stereo remix of the original album (along with the Atmos version, on Apple Music) is also available to stream or download!
Olivia Rodrigo & Robert Smith, "Friday I'm in Love" / "Just Like Heaven" (Live from Glastonbury) (BBC) (Apple / Amazon)
When Olivia Rodrigo became the second youngest Glastonbury headliner this past summer at the age of 22, she had little trouble proving it, offering already sterling pop-rock singles "Drivers License," "Good 4 U," "Vampire," "Bad Idea Right?" and others as part of the set. She also invited a U.K. rock legend, Robert Smith, for two faithful covers of The Cure favorites "Friday I'm in Love" and "just Like Heaven." The full set is coming to vinyl later this year, but both Cure tunes are available as a digital single, with proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders.
James Austin Johnson, "She Belongs to Me" (self-released) (Apple / Amazon)
In addition to being a cornerstone of Saturday Night Live's cast thanks to surreal, pitch-perfect impersonations of the last two presidents of the United States, comedian James Austin Johnson is a well-known Bob Dylan superfan. (Check out this 2022 interview on The Tonight Show where he effortlessly cycles through several eras of Dylan's vocals; he'd later cameo in the biopic A Complete Unknown as an emcee at the West Village club Gerde's.) Ahead of his return to the series for its 51st season, Johnson's dropped a sincere cover of the Bringing It All Back Home cut "She Belongs to Me," which features an even warm and fuzzier B-side in the form of an alternate take featuring vocal contributions from his three-year-old son Homer.
Jodeci, The Show, The After Party, The Hotel (Expanded Edition) (Geffen/UMe) (Apple / Amazon)
The third (and, for 20 years, final) album by the R&B quartet Jodeci - after which point one of its sibling duos, K-Ci & JoJo, found some success on their own - featured solid chart hits including "Freek'n You" and "Love U 4 Life." For its 30th anniversary, it's been expanded with a dozen remixes making their streaming debuts.
Jim Reeves, Bimbo (Expanded Edition) (RCA/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon)
Following SuperVisible Multi Media's first collaboration with the estate of Jim Reeves on delivering the country legend's RCA Records material to digital storefronts, they've teamed up again for a generous deluxe version of Reeves' third long-player (and second for the label) featuring the title track which became one of his first No. 1 country hits in 1954. This one's practically its own digital box set, offering more than three times as many tracks as on the original release including single sides and alternate takes.
The Hooters, Zig Zag (Columbia) (Apple / Amazon)
After getting The Hooters' two Geffen/MCA albums digitally available, SuperVisible then set about correcting another glitch in the Philly band's record: 1989's Zig Zag, their fourth album and final release for Columbia Records, wasn't available online in every territory. Now, whether for the first time or the 500th, fans can hear some of their most mature and folk-based work, including "500 Miles," "Brother, Don't You Walk Away," "Give the Music Back" and "Beat Up Guitar."
Various Artists, Blue Note: Alts 'N Outs (Blue Note) (Apple / Amazon)
A Record Store Day title from earlier this year gets a digital release: six curated alternate takes from the Blue Note archives, featuring performances by Wayne Shorter, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Cannonball Adderley and more.
Jeff Larson with Gerry Beckley, "C'mon Home" (Melody Place) (Apple / Amazon)
Two of TSD's favorite singer-songwriters - longtime friends and collaborators Jeff Larson and America co-founder Gerry Beckley - have teamed up for "C'mon Home," the first single off the duo's album due October 24 from Melody Place Records. The breezy, instantly catchy "C'mon Home" has all of the melodic and production hallmarks of classic California pop-rock, and we can't wait to hear the rest of Jeff Larson with Gerry Beckley!
Half Cubes featuring Peter Noone, "I'll Be Taking Her Out Tonight" (Jem Records) (Apple / Amazon)
Any opportunity to hear Peter Noone, the original voice of Herman's Hermits, singing a new tune is one worth taking! Jem Records previews The Half Cubes' upcoming album Found Pearls: Pop Treasures Vol. 2, coming October 17, with this surging power-pop track featuring "Herman" himself.
Melissa Errico, "When in Rome (I Do as the Romans Do)" (YouTube)
Broadway chanteuse Melissa Errico turns to the songbook of Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh for the first track off her upcoming album I Can Dream, Can't I? "When In Rome" has been recorded by great artists including Barbra Streisand, Blossom Dearie, and Peggy Lee, not to mention Coleman himself, but Errico makes the delightful tune and witty lyric her own. Pianist Tedd Firth channels Coleman for this gently swinging take. Errico plans on releasing a new tune every other week until the full album - featuring similarly hidden gems from the Great American Songbook era - hits stores on January 30, 2026.
Various Artists, Get What You Want: The Songs of Michael Finke (Center Stage Records) (Apple / Amazon)
An up-and-coming musical theatre tunesmith, Michael Finke, gets a spotlight with this new digital album from Center Stage Records. Get What You Want finds Finke's varied and melodic songs interpreted by a cast of Broadway favorites including Emily Afton (Hadestown), Ari Axelrod (Fiddler on the Roof), Donna Lynne Champlin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Alex Goley (Big River), Alan H. Green (The Preacher's Wife), F. Michael Haynie (The Heart of Rock and Roll), Tommy Kaiser (Rent), Sarah Naughton (The Sound of Music), Kyle Taylor Parker (Kinky Boots), Jelani Remy (Back to the Future), Kate Rockwell (Mean Girls), Analise Scarpaci (Mrs. Doubtfire), Justin David Sullivan (& Juliet), Talia Suskauer (Parade), and Matt Wood (Saturday Night). The album, produced by Robbie Rozelle and Michael Finke, and co-produced by Yasuhiko Fukuoka, boasts arrangements and orchestrations by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. Tony Award nominee Nathan Tysen (Paradise Square, The Great Gatsby) has penned the liner notes for the digital booklet.
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Some notable albums to hit streaming yesterday:
John Prine's "Lost Dogs And Mixed Blessings" (Expanded) was issued yesterday with bonus tracks, demos and alternate takes.
Sigur Ros's "Takk..." (Expanded) was also reissued yesterday (now in 24/96) for the it's 20th Anniversary
Françoise Hardy (as mentioned yesterday) has also been reissued by Universal France in expanded editions. Many of the expanded albums are now 2025 remixes. (They just sound "cleaner" and more balanced)
And Universal France continues to reissue the early albums of Paul Mauriat - I believe this is the third week in a row for new remasters of his first few albums to hit streaming.
Jim Reeves original 1957 "Bimbo" RCA Victor album was a collection of 12 previously released songs recorded while he was signed to Fabor Robison's Abbott record label. Jim moved to RCA Victor in 1955. Subsequently his Abbott master recordings were purchased by RCA and a dozen of those tracks comprised the "Bimbo" LP.
This new expanded digital edition of the "Bimbo" LP is essentially a retrospective of Jim Reeves' tenure with the Abbott label from 1952 - 1955. Solo chart singles from that period are all included: Mexican Joe [#1/1953], Bimbo [#1/1954], Then I'll Stop Loving You [#15/1954], Penny Candy [#5/1955] and Drinking Tequila [#9/1955]. The lone omission is Jim's duet with Ginny Wright "I Love You" [#3/1954] as that single was released on the Fabor label. However all of Jim's other official Abbott releases are included as well as a demo and four alternate takes of released songs.
Like the previous SuperVisible Multi Media Jim Reeves' set "Singing Down The Lane," this set also remastered the songs in their original MONO configuration. Through the years some Jim Reeves RCA compilation albums and CD's released these vintage songs in "electronic [fake] stereo" that added reverb and other effects to create a dreadful artificial stereo effect. The songs here all sound the way they were recorded.
For fans of Jim's earliest recordings this set does a superb job compiling his Abbott repertoire and is a worthy addition to your digital library.
Thanks for this kind and insightful addendum. The Ginny Wright track didn’t fall under the Sony purview, which is why it was omitted. And I appreciate the MONO note—good catch.
These tracks really do sound fantastic together. Gentleman Jim threw it down copiously during the short time he was with us here.
Two months later, and that Hooters album has disappeared. The hell's that about?